Recent answers to Since Upgrade to Firefox 18, Fonts Look Blurry when Loading Pageshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/9476142013-03-24T09:20:14-07:00I have set the gfx.content.azure.enabled to false and after a new start of Firefox 19 everything is 2013-03-24T09:20:14-07:00Wizzartshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-420164<p>I have set the gfx.content.azure.enabled to false and after a new start of Firefox 19 everything is just fine....
</p><p>thanks...
</p>I'd been having the problem ever since I upgraded from FF 18 to 19 and your solution fixed it for me2013-03-23T08:42:28-07:00dzaharyhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-419872<p>I'd been having the problem ever since I upgraded from FF 18 to 19 and your solution fixed it for me. Thanks, juanbaez.
</p>i encountered a font-problem since I updated to 19.0.2.
Please see the pic...
Some lines are not rea2013-03-16T10:12:28-07:00Wizzartshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-417796<p>i encountered a font-problem since I updated to 19.0.2.
</p><p>Please see the pic...
</p><p>Some lines are not readable while others are okay. When scrolling everything is fine for a moment...
</p>I think this worked, cor-el.
I set gfx.direct2d.disabled pref to true on the about:config page and 2013-03-07T13:31:46-08:00jmlw7https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-414974<p>I think this worked, cor-el.
</p><p>I set gfx.direct2d.disabled pref to true on the about:config page and left hardware acceleration enabled.
</p><p>Will report back with any more issues.
</p><p>Thanks
</p>Try to set the gfx.content.azure.enabled pref to false or if this didn't help disable Direct2D by se2013-03-05T15:29:24-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-414373<p>Try to set the gfx.content.azure.enabled pref to false or if this didn't help disable Direct2D by setting the gfx.direct2d.disabled pref to true on the about:config page and leave hardware acceleration otherwise enabled.
</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config</a>
</li></ul>My problem looks exactly like the sample shown by "newparade".
I just disabled Hardware Acceleration2013-03-05T15:07:55-08:00dezzohttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-414368<p>My problem looks exactly like the sample shown by "newparade".
</p><p>I just disabled Hardware Acceleration a moment ago and restarted Firefox. The problem now appears to be gone.
</p><p>What is very strange, is that this problem started suddenly a couple of days ago, whereas before that it was fine, even with Hardware Acceleration enabled.
</p><p>Turning off Hardware Acceleration is not an acceptable long term solution, as Firefox is slow enough already at rendering pages and I don't wish to make it even slower.
</p><p>I have tried reinstalling my video drivers (current version), restarting the computer, clearing cache, updating Flash Player, etc.
</p><p>When the fonts become distorted, moving the mouse over the distorted text will cause it to become clear again. But once I scroll the page, random portions of text become distorted again.
</p><p>This is not happening in IE10 or Chrome.
I am using Windows 7.
</p><p>Installed Extensions:
</p><p>Adblock Plus
Download Manager Tweak
eBay Sidebar
Googlebar Lite
Session Manager
Tab Mix Plus
xmarks
Zoom Page (zoom is at 100%)
</p><p>I use only the default theme.
</p>Did you try to disable hardware acceleration?
Tools &gt; Options &gt; Advanced &gt; General &gt; Br2013-03-05T14:52:53-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-414358<p>Did you try to disable hardware acceleration?
</p>
<ul><li>Tools &amp;gt; Options &amp;gt; Advanced &amp;gt; General &amp;gt; Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
</li><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes</a>
</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/" rel="nofollow">https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/</a>
</li></ul>This exact same thing happens to me. I even upgraded from 18 to 19 and its still blurry. The only th2013-03-05T13:59:25-08:00jmlw7https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-414334<p>This exact same thing happens to me. I even upgraded from 18 to 19 and its still blurry. The only thing that makes it legible is if I highlight the text, then click off.
</p><p>If I scroll down on this page, all the text is clear. if I scroll up, its blurry - just like the photo 'newparade' posted.
</p><p>I tried resetting firefox like 'iamjayakumars' says - no luck
</p><p>I tried about:config and adjusting the segments per 'juanbaez' - no luck
</p><p>Please fix, this is super annoying.
</p>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545698
maybe this is similar?
2013-03-04T13:06:08-08:00Cartelhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-414039<p><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545698" rel="nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545698</a>
</p><p>maybe this is similar?
</p>Did you check in safemode?
If its not working in safemode, Reset your Firefox
The Reset Firefox fea2013-02-27T18:59:00-08:00iamjayakumarshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-412397<p>Did you check in safemode? <br>
If its not working in safemode, Reset your Firefox
</p><p>The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: <em>This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.</em>
</p><p>To Reset Firefox do the following:
</p>
<ol><li>Go to Firefox &amp;gt; Help &amp;gt; Troubleshooting Information.
</li><li>Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
</li><li>Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
</li><li>Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
</li></ol>
<p><br>
Further information can be found in the <a href="/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings" rel="nofollow">Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings</a> article.
</p><p>Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!
</p>Am on default theme. Tried changing fonts/size and still get the issue. It is very strange. On th2013-02-27T18:53:54-08:00newparadehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-412396<p>Am on default theme. Tried changing fonts/size and still get the issue. It is very strange. On this very page, I can scroll up and down and the problem will randomly happen to different portions of the displayed text.
</p>Are you using Themes in Firefox?
Make use of Firefox Default theme.
Check whether your using the def2013-02-27T18:45:06-08:00iamjayakumarshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-412393<p>Are you using Themes in Firefox?
</p><p>Make use of Firefox Default theme.
</p><p>Check whether your using the default font
</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://support.mozilla.org/en.../change-fonts-and-colors-websites-use" rel="nofollow">support.mozilla.org/en.../change-fonts-and-colors-websites-use</a>
</li></ul>
<p>Change your font and size
</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/</a>
</li></ul>I just upgraded to 19 and I am having random font issues on Firefox now. This is a cut/paste from h2013-02-27T18:38:55-08:00newparadehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-412389<p>I just upgraded to 19 and I am having random font issues on Firefox now. This is a cut/paste from here in the Mozilla forums to show you what I mean. Is this the issues that the rest of the people are talking about here?
</p>Confirmed that this fixed it for me.
2013-02-03T14:13:18-08:00AK785https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-404484<p>Confirmed that this fixed it for me.
</p>I've found a solution
In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter. The about:config "Th2013-02-01T10:51:19-08:00juanbaezhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-403989<p>I've found a solution
</p>
<ol><li> In the <a href="/en-US/kb/awesome-bar-find-your-bookmarks-history-and-tabs" rel="nofollow">Location bar</a>, type <strong>about:config</strong> and press <strong>Enter</strong>. The about:config "<em>This might void your warranty!</em>" warning page may appear.
</li><li> Click <strong>I'll be careful, I promise!</strong>, to continue to the about:config page.
</li><li> Search for the <strong>layers.acceleration.force-enabled</strong> key and set this to <strong>true</strong>
</li><li> Search for the <strong>layers.acceleration.disabled</strong> key and set this to <strong>false</strong>
</li></ol>
<ol><li>OPTIONALLY set gfx.xrender.enabled to false to increase quality at the cost of performance
</li></ol>i think i will just use official 18.0.1 binary for now, which does not suffer from this problem
2013-01-31T12:24:21-08:00liucougarhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614?page=2#answer-403663<p>i think i will just use official 18.0.1 binary for now, which does not suffer from this problem
</p>Try 19 beta, or downgrade to 17, until the 19 comes out, if you don't like to use beta stuff. Cheers2013-01-31T12:21:57-08:00stratokahttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-403662<p>Try 19 beta, or downgrade to 17, until the 19 comes out, if you don't like to use beta stuff. Cheers!
</p>i only tried firefox 18.0.1
2013-01-31T12:20:29-08:00liucougarhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-403659<p>i only tried firefox 18.0.1
</p>even with fox 19 beta?
2013-01-31T12:17:48-08:00stratokahttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-403658<p>even with fox 19 beta?
</p>same with larophel here: i am using gentoo x86_64, it seems the problem only happens in my firefox (2013-01-31T12:13:02-08:00liucougarhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-403657<p>same with larophel here: i am using gentoo x86_64, it seems the problem only happens in my firefox (compiled from source), while in firefox-bin fonts are fine
</p>Found a solution. I've installed Firefox 19 beta, and all is ok for now, i hope this feature doesn't2013-01-29T00:31:59-08:00stratokahttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-402851<p>Found a solution. I've installed Firefox 19 beta, and all is ok for now, i hope this feature doesn't come back with the Firefox 19 release. My system is Xubuntu 12.04.01.
</p><p>Edit: Switched to Debian Linux but the problem still remains with Firefox 18, the Firefox 19 beta seems to be working.
</p>This is a change in FF 18, so it's not a hardware acceleration problem. By blurred I assume the orig2013-01-28T18:42:31-08:00Gene1940https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-402740<p>This is a change in FF 18, so it's not a hardware acceleration problem. By blurred I assume the original poster means jagged. At least that's what I have on a few web sites that use a sans serif font.
</p><p>I do NOT want to override all site defined fonts. That ruins some web pages. The Hardware acceleration setting has no effect. I can live with the jagged fonts on the few sites affected, but it's not pleasant.
</p><p>It looks like the fonts are being displayed without benefit of font smoothing. In any case it's a new "feature" of FF 18 (currently 18.0.1).
</p>Oh! I forgot to mention, I am using freetype-2.4.11 *with infinality patches*. Maybe that's the poin2013-01-28T09:31:28-08:00gstbhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-402611<p>Oh! I forgot to mention, I am using freetype-2.4.11 *with infinality patches*. Maybe that's the point.
</p>Strange, for me (Gentoo x86_64, stable), I only get that problem with the "firefox" package. "firefo2013-01-28T08:35:51-08:00larophelhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-402599<p>Strange, for me (Gentoo x86_64, stable), I only get that problem with the "firefox" package. "firefox-bin" works fine.
</p>i also have an issue with blurry fonts in linux (gentoo x86 in both firefox (compiled from source) a2013-01-27T00:29:00-08:00gstbhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-402225<p>i also have an issue with blurry fonts in linux (gentoo x86 in both firefox (compiled from source) and firefox-bin (official binaries from <a href="http://mozilla.org" rel="nofollow">mozilla.org</a>) packages).
gmail in ff17 vs gmail in ff18 below:
</p>Hi, i have the same problem as Awawa, and i have the same system. Xubuntu 12.04.1 i686. Hope we can 2013-01-26T02:37:06-08:00stratokahttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-401949<p>Hi, i have the same problem as Awawa, and i have the same system. Xubuntu 12.04.1 i686. Hope we can find a fix, don't want to move to another browser.
</p>Nah, didn't work. That's why I'm here. I thought update will fix this bug, but now I'm sure it's not2013-01-23T06:34:14-08:00Awawahttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-400892<p>Nah, didn't work. That's why I'm here. I thought update will fix this bug, but now I'm sure it's not.
</p>For me, the problem has been solved with an upgrade to Firefox 18.0.1.
2013-01-23T06:32:07-08:00larophelhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-400891<p>For me, the problem has been solved with an upgrade to Firefox 18.0.1.
</p>No, it happens with random sites for me. I never use zoom.
For example, it happens on twitter, when2013-01-23T05:12:42-08:00Awawahttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-400875<p>No, it happens with random sites for me. I never use zoom.
For example, it happens on twitter, when I expand a tweet. Suddenly all the fonts become messed up. And it happens on other sites too.
I tried fixes, found on the internet, but none of them worked. It seems to be some rare and dependable bug.
My system: Xubuntu 12.04.1, amd64, FF 18.0.1. There is no problem on Windows, btw.
</p>I have this problem too. I tried many settings, direct draw, hardware acceleration etc, but it does 2013-01-22T03:16:53-08:00Avi11https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-400449<p>I have this problem too. I tried many settings, direct draw, hardware acceleration etc, but it does not help. The only solution for now is to revert back to Firefox 17. I wonder why there is no massive outrage on the internets. Everyone uses Gmail, right? And Gmail fonts are broken too.
</p>If you zoom pages then the result can always be unpredictable.
Does this only happen if you zoom the2013-01-19T17:49:33-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-399686<p>If you zoom pages then the result can always be unpredictable.
</p><p>Does this only happen if you zoom the page, either will a full and with a text zoom (Zoom Text Only)?
</p><p>Does this also happen with these extensions?
</p>
<ul><li>Default FullZoom Level: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-fullzoom-level/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-fullzoom-level/</a>
</li><li>NoSquint: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nosquint/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nosquint/</a>
</li></ul>
<p>You can alternatively set a larger default minimum font size, but this can cause issues with overlapping or disappearing text on pages that use absolute values for container height.
</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Changing+fonts+and+colors" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Changing+fonts+and+colors</a>
</li></ul>I am using Verdana (16 pt), but it also happens with the default font.
2013-01-19T09:43:25-08:00larophelhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-399553<p>I am using Verdana (16 pt), but it also happens with the default font.
</p>check whether its uses default font
2013-01-19T08:49:40-08:00iamjayakumarshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-399539<p>check whether its uses default font
</p>What should I check in my font options?
2013-01-19T08:46:58-08:00larophelhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-399537<p>What should I check in my font options?
</p>Check with your font options
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-fonts-and-colors-websites-2013-01-19T08:40:44-08:00iamjayakumarshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-399534<p>Check with your font options
</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-fonts-and-colors-websites-use" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-fonts-and-colors-websites-use</a>
</li></ul>I forgot to mention: it does not make any difference whether I turn Hardware Accelaration on or off.2013-01-19T08:05:37-08:00larophelhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947614#answer-399529<p>I forgot to mention: it does not make any difference whether I turn Hardware Accelaration on or off.
</p>